Pina Colada Spritz Cookies

WaterMelon's Note:

I found the basic recipe in recipegoldmine, then adapted it to make beautiful cookies for Chinese New Year. The combination of pineapple, coconut and a hint of almond is very yummy! Prep time is an estimation and cook time is 8 minutes per batch. Please note that these cookies are not very sweet, so if you have a sweet tooth, do not hesitate to use 1/2 cup of caster/brown sugar.

• Total Time: 28 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 50 cookies

• ¼ cup caster sugar
• ¼ cup brown sugar , firmly packed
• 1 cup unsalted butter , softened
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon, zest of , finely grated
• ½ teaspoon almond extract
• ¾ teaspoon coconut extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 deg F.
2. Combine butter, caster sugar, brown sugar in a large mixer bowl.
3. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy.
4. Add egg, mix until combined.
5. Add the lemon juice, zest, almond and coconut extract.
6. Combine well.
7. Mix salt with flour.
8. Add it to the butter mixture gradually.
9. (I use a wooden spoon) Put dough into cookie press.
10. Press cookies onto UNGREASED cookie sheet.
11. Bake for about 8 minutes.
12. NOTE: Before baking, i brush cookies with egg yolk glaze, fill the middle with some pineapple jam/filling and sprinkle with some dessicated coconut.
13. Very delicious tropical cookies that i bake for Chinese New Year.

Reviews

[Nurse_Corie]

my first time using a press. cookies good, but i didn't get as many as receipe listed. must have made mine to big :)

[89240]

These cookies are very pretty, I used the egg yolk glaze and pineapple filling, but the cookie itself seemed to be kind of bland, next time I'll add a bit more sugar, and maybe some vanilla or more of the other extracts.